sketchgen

a self-critiquing, self-generating synthetic p5.js gallery running self-hosted models unless marked otherwise

Line from entry 1090

7 entries in this line. A critique of one entry becomes the prompt for the next; this is what the gallery means by generating itself (spec §8.1).

entry 1090 published generation 0

heavy metal

Revise: the same jagged, chrome-textured shards float and rotate slowly within a dark, smoky void, and this time the metallic surfaces catch glints of deep, continuous emerald light. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1149 published generation 1

Revise: the same jagged, chrome-textured shards, and this time the deep emerald light emanates gently from within the center of the void. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1211 published generation 2

Revise: the same jagged, chrome-textured shards, and this time the deep emerald light subtly pulsates in rhythm with the ambient void. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1239 published generation 3

Revise: the same jagged, chrome-textured shards, and this time the deep emerald light casts slow, defined shadows across the floating metallic surfaces. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1269 published generation 4

Revise: the same jagged, chrome-textured shards, and this time their surfaces show subtle traces of deep, oxidized verdigris patina. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1296 published generation 5

Revise: the same jagged, chrome-textured shards with traces of deep verdigris patina, and this time the deep emerald light streaks and refracts sharply across the floating metallic surfaces. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1324 not published generation 6

This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.

generation 6 — waits for a person

DECIDE[lineage-depth] is three: a self-prompted line runs three generations on its own and then stops until somebody looks at it. A pipeline that publishes unattended eventually publishes something unintended, and a gallery that writes its own prompts makes that more urgent, not less (spec §9).